Boosting priests

PaoloZ · #1 February 5th, 2007, 07:54 AM

Are there ways to raise priest levels, different from the promotion to prophet?

I know there is a magic item (I don't recall the name), but other ways?

Having a large army of sacred units with killing bless strategies is cool, but what if you can't bless them all? Having a priest capable of casting Divine Blessing accompanying each Sacred army would be really useful...

calmon · #2 February 5th, 2007, 07:59 AM

Nope there is no boost beside prophet/item increase for priests.

PaoloZ · #3 February 5th, 2007, 08:04 AM

Thanks...
So the power of the priests of the race you are choosing is a key factor in the design of a good bless strategy

#4 February 5th, 2007, 08:19 AM

Actually there is another way, as both astral & blood communion boost priestly levels.

calmon · #5 February 5th, 2007, 08:25 AM

Really? I'll try this out in my ermor mp game. 'Apostacy' costs 0 fatigue and is normally easy to resist. With a big communion it should be a real pain for enemy priests/sacreds.

PaoloZ · #6 February 5th, 2007, 08:50 AM

That sounds interesting, I should have access to blood magic...

PvK · #7 February 5th, 2007, 10:38 AM

For the stated purpose though, you can just hire more priests, too...

solo · #8 February 5th, 2007, 12:34 PM

There are two unique magic items that boost the holy level by 1:

The Sword of Justice
The Sword of Injustice

Under Blood magic, one of the summonable Ice Devils has Holy level 3. Cast Bind Ice Devil and hope you get Bune instead of one of the other 5 unique Ice Devils!

All these take awhile to get, so it's easier and cheaper to use communion and/or multiple blessers.

curtadams · #9 February 5th, 2007, 01:28 PM

Doesn't the crystal shield raise priest levels too?

Cor · #10 February 5th, 2007, 01:29 PM

There is another way. Or atleast it worked in Dominions 2.

The Crystal sheild raises all paths (incuding holy) during combat only. And its not Unique.